WIZARDS, one of the two South Wales sides in the Wye Teams of Six League, now lie in second place after winning the second round at Hereford with 58 section points.

WIZARDS, one of the two South Wales sides in the Wye Teams of Six League, now lie in second place after winning the second round at Hereford with 58 section points.

Home side Woody’s finished second with 52, while Cardiff team Sensas Nomads were sixth with 39.

Andy Burt claimed the top individual place for Wizards with 29lb 12oz of barbel, dace and chub and Welsh international Andrew Murphy, from Ebbw Vale, added second place with 28lb 4oz of chub and roach.

Sensas Nomads member Richard Candy, from Canton, had a busy day with the bleak to take fourth place with 22lb 8oz.

An angler who has travelled to Wales from Essex for the past 10 years to compete in the Holgan Farm Three-Day Festival without success, finally got his reward this year when he out-fished the locals to take the prize money and trophy.

Steve Riley, a 61-year-old materials planner from Stamford-le-Hope, caught 40lb 14oz on the first day to win the Tench Lake section. He added 90lb the second day for third place on the Match Lake and won the final round on the Carp Lake with 70lb to win with five penalty points and a bigger aggregate weight than South Wales competitor James Young.

The drop in temperature put the fish off for the Merthyr Tydfil AA match on Penywern Middle Pond, where Bernard Farr was the only competitor to break the pound barrier with 1lb 2oz of small fish. Jason Woodford was runner-up with 10oz and Doug Nagle third with 8oz.

There was more action for the club’s lady members who rounded off a series of competitions with the Cyfarthfa Cup match.

Anya Earp won with a weight of 20lb 3oz, Dawn Sayce Jones was runner-up with 17lb 4oz and Caroline Rogers third with 9lb 3oz.

The series ended in a dead-heat when both Janice Farr and Sayce Jones totalled 43 points, with Earp on 32 in third.

Tony Hopkins, from Cwmbran, put himself in a strong position for the overall title when he won the fourth match in the Newport Autumn Series at Morgans Pond with 21lb 2oz of bream.

Risca competitor Jeff Parfitt finished in second place with 19lb and Howard Green, from Pontllanfraith, was third with 17lb 4oz.

The next match is at Woodstock Pond on Sunday, November 18, with the draw at 8.30am and Rob Sims is taking entries on 07971 076525.

Gerald Parker, from Skewen, won the latest open match at Port Talbot Docks when his swimfeeder and maggots approach resulted in 30lb 7oz of bream going on the scales.

There is a match at the dock this Sunday and also on Sunday, November 18, and these can be entered with Mal Entwhistle on 07790 840223.

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